Denial of service in SIPROTEC 4 and Siprotec Compact - CVE-2016-7113
Published: July 7, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7383
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7113
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition.
The weakness exists due to an error in the EN100 Ethernet module. A remote attacker can send specially crafted HTTP packets to TCP port 80 and cause the device to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exists due to an error in the EN100 Ethernet module. A remote attacker can send specially crafted HTTP packets to TCP port 80 and cause the device to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Affected software
SIPROTEC 4
Siprotec Compact
Siprotec Compact
How to mitigate CVE-2016-7113
Update SIPROTEC 4 to version 4.29.
Update SIPROTEC Compact to version 4.29.
Update SIPROTEC Compact to version 4.29.